People
Those who work to bring you UMS performances every year.
Staff
Administration & Finance
Patron Services Office
Development
Margaret “Marnie” Reidmarnreid@umich.edu
Lisa Michiko Murraylmmurray@umich.edu
Education & Community Engagement
Marketing & Communications
Production / Programming
Choral Union
For questions about your ticket order, or general inquiries: umstix@umich.edu
For information about group discounts: umsgroupsales@umich.edu
For questions about youth performances and other K-12 programs: umsyouth@umich.edu
For questions about ushering at UMS performances: fohums@umich.edu
For questions about making a gift to UMS: umsgiving@umich.edu
To request a UMS ticket donation for an upcoming community auction or event, please fill out our online request form: https://ums.requestitem.com/
Board of Directors
Tim Petersen, Chair
Rachel Bendit, Vice Chair
Christopher Conlin, Secretary
Lisa D. Cook, Treasurer
Karen Bantel
Mary Lincoln Campbell
Mark Clague
Monique Deschaine
Tiffany L. Ford
Alec Gallimore
Katherine Goldberg
Linda Gregerson
Stephen Henderson
Ibrahim Jarjoura
Timothy B. Johnson
Barbara Kaye
Christina Kim
Timothy Lynch
Timothy G. Marshall
Michael C. Martin
Sarah Nicoli
Knut Simonsen
Versell Smith, Jr.
Linh Song
Gail Ferguson Stout
Victor J. Strecher
Karen Jones Stutz
Rob VanRenterghem
Brian Willen
Ex-officio Members:
Susan Collins, Interim Provost, U-M
David Gier, Dean, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, U-M
Kevin Hegarty, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, U-M
Mark Schlissel, President, U-M
Jeanice Kerr Swift, Superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools
Representatives to the Board:
Zita Gillis, UMS Ambassadors Chair
Tom Kinnear, UMS Sustaining Directors
Bruce Tuchman, UMS National Council Co-Chair
Ambassadors
If you are passionate about the arts and would like to connect deeply with UMS, Ambassadors may be a great match for you.
Over 35 members of the UMS Ambassadors work to increase awareness of and participation in UMS programs through assisting UMS staff with projects and special events, ushering at UMS school-day performances, hosting unique community events, helping to creating partnerships with various U-M and community groups, and providing support to UMS in countless other ways. UMS Ambassadors are the champions of UMS’s community engagement mission.
Zita Gillis, Chair
Elena Snyder, Vice-Chair
Deanne Woodruff, Secretary
Cathy King, Treasurer
William Shell, Past Chair
Lisa Armstrong
Arlene Barnes
Astrid Beck
Elaine Bennett
Richard Chang
Mike Dergis
Sharon Peterson Dort
Wenli Frisch
Janet Galardi Popper
Rey Goicochea
Joan Grissing
Joan Kadis
Jaye Kain
Carol Kaplan
Nancy Karp
Kathy Kiehl
Michael Lee
Gloria Kitto Lewis
Rita Malone
Daria Massimilla
Beth McNally
Kathy Rich
Pat Rideout
Jill Ross
Ellen Sapper
Andrew Schneider
Pam Tabbaa
Kirsten Williams
National Council
Rachel Bendit, Co-Chair
Ann Arbor
Bruce Tuchman, Co-Chair
New York
Wynton Marsalis, Honorary Co-Chair
New York
Andrew Bernstein
New York
Maurice Binkow
Ann Arbor
Kenneth A. and Noreen Buckfire
New York
Kathleen Charla
San Diego
Peter Cummings
Detroit
Jacqueline Davis
New York
Marylene Delbourg–Delphis
Menlo Park and Pebble Beach
Sophie Delphis
New York
Janet Eilber
New York
Barbara G. Fleischman
New York
Maxine Frankel
Bloomfield Hills
Katherine Hein
Boston
Patti Kenner
New York
Wallis Klein
La Jolla and Charlevoix
Jerry and Dale Kolins
Escondido
David Leichtman and Laura McGinn
New York
Chrislan Fuller Manuel
Ann Arbor
Bridget M. McCormack and Steven P. Croley
Ann Arbor
Jordan Morgan
Ann Arbor
Caroline Nussbaum
New York
Jay Ptashek and Karen Elizaga
New York
James Read
Stamford
Peter Schweitzer
Ann Arbor and Arizona
James and Nancy Stanley
Ann Arbor
Louise Taylor
Ann Arbor
Christian Vesper
New York
Eileen Weiser
Ann Arbor
Clayton and Ann Wilhite
Ann Arbor
Valerie Wilpon
New York
Diane Zola
New York
Tim Petersen
Ann Arbor
Ex-Officio
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